Browser login AND Java login required?

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Dave Weaver - 01 Dec 2003 10:22 GMT

I have been asked to do some maintenance work on a Java applet, and am
experiencing a problem with it;

The web page it is on is subject to user authentication, and when I
load up the page the browser asks me to login. So far so good.

However, when the applet starts up I then get a Java login box and
have to login a second time. This is extremely inconvenient for users,
especially as the Java login box won't remember the password.

I have one machine where this second login isn't happening (just like it
should be!) but all other machines required two logins before the applet
will work.

I'm not quite sure in which domain the problem lies: Java, web browser,
web server, operating system, or a combination of any of the above...

The webserver is Netscape Enterprise server running on Solaris.

The dual login requests are seen on multiple machines running IE6/Win2K and
Mozilla/Linux. The one machine that only prompts for one login is also running
IE6/Win2k.

All Win2k machines are fully up-to-date according to windowsupdate.com

The JRE is v1.4.2

Can anyone please help me locate the problem?

Many thanks,

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Dave.

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Jean Demaerel - 03 Dec 2003 11:13 GMT

hey

i had the same problem a while a go and when i dug deeper i saw that the
webpage and the class file where in a different directory each with their
own .htaccess file pointing to the same passwd file, when i moved the page
and the class file(s) to the same directory they browser asked my password
only once

hope it works,

Jean

> I have been asked to do some maintenance work on a Java applet, and am
> experiencing a problem with it;
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> Dave.

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